Imogen Cunningham Quotes

We women are fools to do so much for the man we love. And we forget to stand for ourselves.

Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

You kill yourself and you make a big old sacrifice and try to get your revenge. That all you're gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper. In the end, it does nothing. Nothing changes. The world goes on and you're gone. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.

When who you are and what you are is not decided by any external forces, then you are in dignity.

I am not the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds, I am not a sacrifice on their altars.

From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I've learned that nobody's love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody will stop them. The only one who can save you is yourself.

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

My private life is the most precious thing to me.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.

I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.

I couldn't sacrifice my heart for a publicity stunt.

I hope I'm worthy in my dying. I hope I can maintain myself - that I wouldn't become pathetic and needy, and the worst part of myself come out in adversity. But I'm not afraid of it. It'd be such a silly thing to do! To ruin the life you have by fearing its ending.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.

I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. I'm worth more than that.

I want a partner in crime and a Bonnie to my Clyde. I've just been so focused on my career. Women don't like being number two, so I've been glad to keep my distance so I could focus on me, get my life together and take care of my mom without disappointing the woman I love.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

I want to tell women that you need to love yourself and make yourself a priority. It's only when you are happy yourself, can you make everyone else around you happy. I am still a dreamer and still believe in fairy tales, but there is only that much one should give another person. You need to keep something for yourself.

I don't want to be someone's entertainment.

There's nothing more attractive than a woman who's humble but knows what she can bring to the table.

I do not let anyone use me and throw me.

It's not healthy to ever put someone first before yourself.